Thread: Are TD5's the noisiest diesel engines ever?

Originally Posted by Sprint

best test is how fast you can go and still hold a conversation without shouting.....

i believe the average isuzu is good for 60-70km/h.......

Conversations usually don't take that long.

By "loud" are we talking exhaust note loud or diesel rattle loud ?

If we're talking diesel rattle loud, then I think that the Isuzu 4 cylinder diesels in Rodeos and similar leave the TD5 for dead. And there's a lot of Nissan Patrol diesels around that make a racket taking off from the lights as well.

Before I bought the first Disco, I had an imported Ford Ranger (the yank spec F100, not the re-badged Mazda). It had a Chev 6.2 V8 diesel in it - now that was loud, both for the diesel rattle and the thumping V8 note out the back.

Haha, your wife would realy be embarassed in a zoo zoo, they have been known to cause hearing damage
We tried a cd player, but there is no use you wouldn't have a hope of hearing it

TIM.

Originally Posted by Sprint

best test is how fast you can go and still hold a conversation without shouting.....

i believe the average isuzu is good for 60-70km/h.......

I tend to find that after a trip of any length with a passenger I end up with a sore throat......... and when ordering in the McDonalds drive through, I have to switch off the engine.

John

If it's diesel rattle then surely the Mitsu's, both Pajero's and Trytoos from the last couple of years take the cake.
You can hear some of them from half a block away, at least the first of the new DI engines. A TD5 is silent in comparison.

As for exhaust note, my Tdi is embarrassing, I really must build a quieter muffler, I don't know how I drove it for a month or so without any silencing at all

f250 are pretty loud as with the triton i drive for work compared to my td5

My mate's got a 3.0 Deisel Pootrol and my td5 is silent compared to his stock pootrol. He even commented on how quiet the td5 was.

My mate has a 08 diesel patrol too,,

you can hold a whispered conversation in the front seats at 100 kph towing a 3t trailer----


why?

it was 1.30am inbetween Gundy and Moree and the pair in the back were sleeping.


yes it is THAT quiet,,,